Reading the World (2025)

In 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write and vote in Brazil, until he was arrested and forced into exile during a U.S.backed coup d'etat.

Cast (17)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Paulo Freire

Self

L

Luzia de Andrade

M

Marcos Guerra

M

Madalena Freire

M

Maria Miranda

A

Anita Maria Sousa

M

Maria Gildenora

P

Paulo Alves de Sousa

F

Francisca de Brito

V

Valquíria Félix

E

Eneide Maria Araújo

M

Manoel Bezerra

M

Maria Leandra de Moura

J

João Victor Silva

T

Talita Daiane

Leticia Oliveira

L

Lindjanne Araújo de Melo

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